| It's never too late to learn something new. Whether you’re a researcher, entrepreneur or just plain curious, the Library has something to inspire everyone. |
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Please take your seats
It’s time to get your books ready for a new term of British Library events and courses. From 1,000-year-old epic poetry to a Cats Book Club, we’ve got all your favourite subjects. Priority booking opens for Members on 3 September.
Illustration from the Mog series © Kerr Kneale Productions Ltd |
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A lesson in comedy
The Frost Report to Ripping Yarns via Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Come and see highlights from Michael Palin’s archive, now on display in our Treasures Gallery.
Photo of Michael Palin © John Swannell |
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| Celebrating a summer of Pride at the British Library. |
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| Education for Victorian children |
| Discover how a progressive range of schools were established in Victorian Britain to both safeguard and educate young children. |
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| How birds learn their songs |
| Take a flying visit to our Language of Birds website to discover a curriculum for birds. |
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'The Grounds of Learning'
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| From punctuation to pronunciation, see how schoolbooks looked in the 17th century. |
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Beowulf to The Bloody Chamber: enter our classroom. Homework optional
You don’t have to be going back to school to learn something new. Our Discovering Literature website is now complete; a free online resource which brings to life the most ground-breaking works of literature ever written from the medieval period to the 20th century.
Illustration © Harriet Lee Merrion |
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